Paying taxes: Time in Luxembourg

Luxembourg: Paying taxes: Time was 55 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
55 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
179th
of 187 countries
All-time high
59 hours per year
in 2006
All-time low
55 hours per year
in 2013
Years of data
14
2006–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Luxembourg, 2006–2019

02040602006201220192006: 59 hours per year2007: 59 hours per year2008: 59 hours per year2009: 59 hours per year2010: 59 hours per year2011: 59 hours per year2012: 59 hours per year2013: 55 hours per year2014: 55 hours per year2015: 55 hours per year2016: 55 hours per year2017: 55 hours per year2018: 55 hours per year2019: 55 hours per year

Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: time in Luxembourg stood at 55 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Luxembourg peaked at 59 hours per year in 2006 and was at its lowest, 55 hours per year, in 2013.

That places Luxembourg 179th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 59 hours per year 59 hours per year 59 hours per year 4
2010s 56.2 hours per year 55 hours per year 59 hours per year 10

Countries ranked near Luxembourg

  1. 176 Singapore 64 hours per year compare
  2. 177 Switzerland 63 hours per year compare
  3. 178 Marshall Islands 56 hours per year compare
  4. 180 Brunei 52.5 hours per year compare
  5. 181 Bhutan 52 hours per year compare
  6. 181 Palau 52 hours per year compare
  7. 181 San Marino 52 hours per year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time in Luxembourg?
Paying taxes: time in Luxembourg was 55 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Luxembourg?
The highest recorded value was 59 hours per year in 2006.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Luxembourg?
The lowest recorded value was 55 hours per year in 2013.
How does Luxembourg rank for paying taxes: time?
Luxembourg ranks 179th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Luxembourg?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.